Hi-Point’s ‘Name the Nine Contest’ Takes Curious Turn as HK Weighs In

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Vizardsgunsandammo.com
on June 20, 2019

When Ohio-based Hi-Point
asked the internet to suggest a name for their new 9mm handgun, the
Yeet Cannon fired and the Germans got in on the act. Hi-Point’s “Name the Nine”
contest promised to give their fans a stake at naming their promised
new handgun design. Initial name suggestions after a week of polling
reportedly garnered 7,880 entries, with the most prolific, 556, being for Yeet Cannon or YC-9.

Yeet
Cannon became the crowd favorite in HI-Point’s own version of the Boaty
McBoatface phenomena. (Photos: Hi-Point via Facebook)

Yeet, a word that has crept into acceptance in the past few years, is generally employed as a multi-use exclamation. However, four days after announcing Yeet Cannon was topping polls, Hi-Point on Tuesday announced a final list of 10
proposed alpha-numeric names, none of which included the past crowd
favorite. This sparked a backlash on the company’s social media page,
with some 1,600 largely negative comments, many questioning the absence
of Yeet.

Hi-Point’s current list of accepted names in what has evolved into the Vote the Nine contest. (Photos: Hi-Point via Facebook)

“We
want the name we all voted for. We want the Yeet Cannon,” noted one
commenter, whose call to action was, in turn, liked nearly 400
times. Then, in a turn for the surreal, Heckler & Koch‘s
Social Media Girl, noted for an often epic “war on the poors” via
social channels, responded to Hi-Point’s Facebook post with a promise of
collaboration, of sorts.

Please take some advice
from someone who doesn’t listen to their customers, you really really
should. Swallow your pride, get out your crayons, and write a letter to
your legions of almost new customers and call it the YC-9. We promise to
do a collaborative photoshoot with you. We will bring a MK23 specially
marked YC-45. This is not a joke. The powers of 2 Yeet Cannons, the
original and the little brother, would be unstoppable.

To show they were serious, HK’s social media page is listing a link to YeetKanone.com, which redirects to the company’s own MK23. Hi-Point replied to HK’s feedback only with, “Wow.”

By Wednesday afternoon, Hi-Point waved the red flag and disclosed the contest had been extended to a third phase,
saying they would pit the winner of the suggested names against YC9 for
a 20-day polling period starting on June 25. “We hear you loud and
clear,” said the post. “We have always been a company for the free
people…and because it has been pitchforks and torches you have forced us
to announce some things sooner than later.”

To this, HK responded to Hi-Point, “We did this together everyone! Offer stands for the YC-45 photoshoot. Let’s be friends.”